Friday, 18 January 2008

geography:STBuffer() IS 'straight'

It can be difficult to visualize "geographic" straight lines (intersections, overlaps, etc) on a 'flat' projection, so here's a set of STBuffers over the LAX-JFK line... it doesn't "look" straight until you see it on a globe:

Using the 'special columns' feature of Geoquery (and a different map...)